Why Windows Phone 8 means the BlackBerry is doomed — Enterprise features and mobile device management may cut off RIM's air supply. — As Microsoft Corporate VP for Windows Phone Terry Myerson and others from Microsoft and Nokia took the stage at the Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco …

Surface: Between a Rock and a Hardware Place — Watching the Microsoft Surface event video, I sensed uneasiness. Not panic, but discomfort. Some will argue that I'm simply spoiled by Apple's on-stage polish, but Monday's Microsoft event struck me as rushed and severely under-rehearsed.

One Windows to rule them all — As far back as the late '80s, Bill Gates has floated the idea of “Windows Everywhere.” The idea, as you can probably guess, is to put a Windows operating system on any and all devices with a CPU somewhere under the hood. At the New York PC Expo in 1997 …

Review: The 2012 MacBook Air soars with Ivy Bridge — New Air may look the same, but performance has surged ahead in just one year. — Another year, another MacBook Air. Apple's lightweight machine has come a long way since it was first released in 2008.

Sneak peek: This is Kim Dotcom's new Megabox service — MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom may have had most of his assets seized as part of his indictment for criminal copyright infringement in January, but that apparently hasn't stopped him from working on his next venture.

Twitter to expand advertising rollout — Latin America and western Europe to be the first to get promoted tweets as network ramps up efforts to generate revenue — Twitter has unveiled an aggressive expansion of its advertising products, with a rollout planned to 50 countries by the end of the year.

Larry Ellison buys most of Hawaiian island of Lanai — Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has bought himself quite a view on Lanai — as well as most of the island. — (Credit: Hawaii Tourism Authority) — Larry Ellison has closed a deal to buy most the Hawaiian island of Lanai for an undisclosed sum.

Bringing Like to Mobile — People share content on the web every day using the Like button. While this has been a key part of how people share, mobile apps have not been able to integrate the functionality. Now they can. — The new Open Graph built-in like action makes it easier for people to share content from your app.

CloudOn Raises $16M to Go Beyond Office for iPad Success — Palo Alto startup CloudOn today announced the successful close of a $16 million Series B round, led by The Social+Capital Partnership, and including TransLink Capital as well as existing investors Foundation Capital and Rembrandt Venture Partners.

After Facebook, Lawmakers Call for IPO Revamp — A bipartisan group of lawmakers called on regulators to overhaul the way initial public offerings are conducted, concerned that last month's flubbed stock sale by Facebook Inc. shows the current system unfairly punishes small investors.